To Live A Lie

To Live A Lie is an American Independent record label, based in Raleigh, North Carolina, founded in 2005 by Will Butler.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

To Live A Lie
Founded	2005
Founder	Will Butler
Genre	Rock, Powerviolence
Country of origin	United States
Location	Raleigh, North Carolina
Official website	www.tolivealie.com

The label has released albums by bands such as Magrudergrind, ACxDC, Agathocles, Godstomper, WVRM, Unholy Grave, XBRAINIAX, Despise You, Suffering Luna and Backslider. Some of the artists, who recorded for the label include Assholeparade, Torch Runner, Funeral Chic, Nashgul and Sex Prisoner.^[7]

History

The record label was founded in 2005 and it debuted in August 2005, with a split 7-inch featuring California's Godstomper and Maryland's Magrudergrind.^[1]

In January 2014, the company organized its inaugural festival, To Live A Lie Records Fest in Raleigh, which was also attended by Sex Prisoner and Assholeparade.^[8]

In 2020, the label started to be the exclusive mailorder of 625 Thrashcore.^[9]

In December 2021, the label helped set up and host two memorial shows for John Rivera from Headfirst Records/Punks On Paper alongside 533 Uprisings, Paul Genet, Bitter Melody Records, and Caroline Weiss ^[10] .^[11]

Notable artists

• Agathocles
• Amps for Christ
• Assholeparade
• ACxDC
• Bastard Noise
• Beartrap
• Despise You
• Dry Socket
• Gasp
• Gel
• Magrudergrind
• Sex Prisoner
• Suffering Luna
• Spy
• Torch Runner
• Pig City
• Regional Justice Center
• Unholy Grave
• Venomous Concept
• Violencia
• XBRAINIAX

Discography[7]

Year	Albums(s)	Artist(s)
2005	A Killer Combo	Godstomper, Magrudergrind
2005	Rhino Charge	Rhino Charge
2005	Sixty Two Trax Of Thrash	Magrudergrind
2006	Sick Life / Gate To Unholy Grave	Archagathus, Unholy Grave
2006	Split	I Object, F.P.O.
2006	Example	AxRxMx*, Final Draft
2006	Skate Attack! - Vol. 1	Various
2006	Four Bands To Drain Your Pool	Badeatinghabits, NoComply, A.N.S., Rat Byte
2006	Are You Okay?	XBRAINIAX, NoComply
2006	Terminal Youth	Terminal Youth
2006	First Lesson	l.e.ä.r.n.
2007	Mehkago N.T.	Mehkago N.T.
2007	Crazed Development	Athrenody
2007	Alexandra's End / Mincing The Fascist	Agathocles, SMG
2007	War, Hate, & Misery	Bloody Phoenix
2007	Back To Hatevolution	Proletar
2008	Final Draft	Final Draft
2008	2003 - 2007 Recordings	F.P.O.
2008	TLAL Three Year Sampler	Various
2008	Kakistocracy / Nux Vomica	Kakistocracy, Nux Vomica
2008	Slaughter-Extinction / Ucuz Can Pazarı	Archagathus, Sakatat
2008	Mesrine / P.L.F.*	Mesrine, P.L.F.
2009	Party By The Slice / ¡Malparido!	Party By The Slice, ¡Malparido!
2009	A Product Of Six Cents II	Various
2009	An International Grindcore Gathering Illegal Grinding	Various
2009	Hail Fastcore	XBRAINIAX
2009	Show Us The Meaning Of Haste	Hummingbird Of Death
2009	Deathrats	Deathrats
2009	To Live A Lie Records 2010 Sampler	Various
2009	Arctic Choke	Arctic Choke
2009	Split	Mondo Gecko, D9
2010	To Live A Lie Records 2010 Sampler	Various
2010	Demo	Disciples Of Christ
2011	To Live A Lie Expanding Sampler	Various
2011	To Live A Lie Records 2012 Sampler	Various
2011	The Amazing End Of Everything	Don Garnelli
2011	A Painful Split	Capitalist Casualties, No Comply
2012	Committed To The Ground	Torch Runner
2012	Sleep Eradication	Beartrap
2012	Six Brew Bantha	Six Brew Bantha
2012	Blood Filled Bong	Suffering Luna
2012	Catheter / MassGrave	Catheter, MassGrave
2013	Planet Of Pestilence	Mindless
2013	Childhater	Total Fucking Destruction
2013	Antichrist Demoncore / Magnum Force / Sex Prisoner	Antichrist Demoncore, Magnum Force, Sex Prisoner
2013	Make 'Em Suffer	The Kill
2013	Last Words	Last Words
2013	Eschaton	Seasick
2013	Abuse	Abuse
2013	Suppression / NoComply	Suppression, NoComply
2014	Discography 03-13	Antichrist Demoncore
2014	To Live A Lie - Volume II	Various
2014	Cave State	Cave State
2014	Weltschmerz	Chest Pain
2014	Chula Violence	Impulse
2014	Vermin Prolificus	Fistula
2014	Intravenously Commodified	Six Brew Bantha
2015	Sin Without Doubt	Holder's Scar
2015	Grind In The Mind	The Afternoon Gentlemen
2015	Fiction Monger	ACxDC
2015	Postcard	ACxDC
2016	2008-2013	Backslider
2016	Demo 2009	Sex Prisoner
2016	Backbreaker	Impulse
2016	Hatred Swarm	Funeral Chic
2016	Softcore	Sick Shit
2016	The Primate's Advantage	Chest Pain
2016	Savage / Loathing	Loathing, Savage
2016	Triac / Sick/Tired	Triac, Sick, Tired
2016	Heartache	WVRM
2016	Cárcava	Nashgul
2016	Ulterior Motives	Lowhangers
2016	Life Of Crime	Goolagoon
2017	Split	Beartrap, Hummingbird Of Death
2017	Deadbeat / BOAK	Deadbeat, BOAK
2017	Cave State / Concussive	Cave State, Concussive
2017	Death Dealer	Flash Out
2017	Sex Prisoner / Harm Done	Sex Prisoner, Harm Done
2017	Kill Them...All	The Kill
2017	Deconstruct	Oxidant
2017	Burnout	Burnout
2017	Despise You / Coke Bust	Despise You, Coke Bust
2017	2009 - 2016	Magnum Force
2017	Fluoride	Fluoride
2017	The Cocaine Wars 1974-1989	Crom
2017	Hot Summerian Nights	Crom
2017	Forbidden Techniques	Hummingbird Of Death
2017	Can You Hear The Wind Howl	WVRM
2017	Marxbros & Travølta	Marxbros, Travølta
2017	Sore For Days Demo 96	Gasp
2017	Impediment	Sidetracked
2017	Demo	Faim
2018	Demolition	Realize
2018	Antichrist Demoncore / Goolagoon	Antichrist Demoncore, Goolagoon
2018	Blight	Sixbrewbantha
2018	World Of Inconvenience	Regional Justice Center
2018	Roman Numeral One	Bruised Ego
2018	The Undeserving Cassette	God's America
2018	To Live A Lie Volume III	Various
2018	Split	Reeking Cross, Escuela
2018	Third	MOOM
2018	Silenced	Tired Of Everything
2018	Agathocles / Slund	Agathocles, Slund
2018	Primal Code	Burnout
2019	Terminal Decline	Pig City
2019	One Party System	Neckbeard Deathcamp, Terminal Nation
2019	Disentanglement	Fluoride
2019	Hollowed Out	Sidetracked
2019	Humans Are Actual Pain	Beyond Pain
2019	Future Shocks	Glue Traps
2019	Painmaker	Brainxtoilet
2019	Old Man	Calques
2019	Ugly	Betrayal
2019	Needle	Needle
2019	Crypt Hammer	Crypt Hammer
2019	Last Laugh	No/Más
2019	Demo II	Regional Justice Center
2019	No Light Below	Joy
2019	Split	Slund, Sick Shit
2019	A Demonstration of Mankind's Supremacy	Mediated Form
2019	Don't Remember Me For This	Timelost
2019	In Tinnitus We Crust	Travølta
2019	The First Two Years	World Peace
2020	Surge	Bas Rotten
2020	Stardonas	Gasp
2020	Hindsight	Life's Torment
2020	2009-2019: 10 Años de Poderviolencia	Chulo
2020	4-Way Split	Neckbeard Deathcamp, Closet Witch, Racetraitor, Haggathorn
2020	Definition Of Insanity	Human Obliteration
2020	Split	Sidetracked, Suppression
2020	Indoctrination	Escuela Grind
2020	Internal Bleeding	No Question
2020	Gel	Gel
2020	Life Is Pain Life Is Shit	Livid
2020	Gentrified Swamp	Leachate
2020	Behind The Blade	Tired Of Everything
2020	Demo 2020	Fading Signal
2020	The Oracles Of Death	Antichrist Demoncore
2020	Split	Sidetracked, The Seeker
2020	Satan Is King	Antichrist Demoncore
2020	Uniform Repression	Peace Test
2020	Split	Fuck On The Beach, Endless Swarm
2020	Very Best Of Antichrist Demoncore	Antichrist Demoncore
2020	Shitstormtrooper	Shitstormtrooper
2020	Service Weapon	Spy
2020	Chaos In Tejas 2011	Capitalist Casualties
2020	Dweller	Sidetracked
2020	Split	Fuck On The Beach, Noise Nihilist
2021	Despair Anthems	Executioner's Mask
2021	Split	Knoll, Autolith
2021	Habitual Offender	Spy
2021	Split	Trappist, Hetze
2021	Sincere Flattery Vol. 1	Various
2021	Sincere Flattery Vol. 2	Various
2021	Drome Triler Of Puzzle Zoo People	Gasp
2021	The Crossroads Of Agony / Cliff Parade	Bastard Noise, Amps for Christ
2021	Shiver	Dry Socket
2021	The Future Is Yours	Death Toll 80k
2021	Gushing Interest	Timelost
2021	Subservient	Con Artist
2021	Scag	Scag
2021	Atropello	Campaña Del Terror
2021	Split	Antichrist Demoncore, Pig City
2021	Post-Human Godhood	Cryptic Void
2021	tinge.	Ixias
2021	West Side Horizons	Despise You
2022	East Coast Powerviolence	NoComply
2022	Under Attack	Under Attack
2022	Greyhound	Greyhound
2022	Global Grindcore Alliance Vol 2.0	Chulo
2022	Cry Now, Cry Later	Eärthdögs
2022	Glory Be To The Bomb	Obsolete Man
2022	Bleak Future / Voglio Un Po	Life's Torment, God's America
2022	Backlash / Grateful	Life's Torment, Ugly
2022	Split	No Comply, Sidetracked
2022	Pry	Peace Test
2022	Power To The People	Herida Profunda
2022	The Second Raid	Houkago Grind Time
2022	To The Max	No Comply, They Live
2022	Psychic Rot	Backslider
2022	The Rain In Endless Fall	Prayer For Cleansing
2022	Post Collapse Cannibal Fantasy	Deliriant Nerve
2022	Cortadas	Corvo
2022	Split	Teething, Nashgul
2022	The Kids Are Alright	Venomous Concept, Under Attack
2022	Organic	Rot
2022	Arahant	Hogg
2022	ばすこ	Basuko
2023	Night People	Endorphins Lost
2023	Dragged	Dragged
2023	The Cocaine Wars 1974-1989 Remastered	Crom

See also

• Music portal
• United States portal

• List of record labels
• List of independent record labels